Broadcasting Geolocation Information in a Radio Frame Transmitted from an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the network node is a base station or an access point.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the network node employs cloud functionality to perform processing of the received uplink transmission.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the radio frame from the UAV provides latitude, longitude, altitude and velocity information pertaining to the current geolocation of the UAV and the latitude, longitude, altitude and velocity information are transmitted in the rebroadcast.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the radio frame also includes direction information pertaining to a direction of travel of the UAV and the direction of travel is transmitted in the rebroadcast.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the rebroadcast utilizes a different communication protocol for the downlink transmission than the 3GPP radio protocol.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the downlink transmission includes additional information inserted by the network node in the downlink transmission that is associated with the UAV.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting the downlink transmission uses the 3GPP radio protocol.

10. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the network node is a base station or an access point.

11. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the network node employs cloud functionality to perform processing of the received uplink transmission.

12. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the radio frame from the UAV provides latitude, longitude, altitude and velocity information pertaining to the current geolocation of the UAV and the latitude, longitude, altitude and velocity information are transmitted in the rebroadcast.

13. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the radio frame also includes direction information pertaining to a direction of travel of the UAV and the direction of travel is transmitted in the rebroadcast.

14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein transmitting the rebroadcast utilizes a different communication protocol for the downlink transmission than the 3GPP radio protocol.

15. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the downlink transmission includes additional information inserted by the network node in the downlink transmission that is associated with the UAV.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the transmitting the downlink transmission uses the 3GPP radio protocol.